---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 18.147"
title: "50"
number: "18.147"
heading: "Authorized take allowed under an LOA."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/18.147"
---

# §18.147. Authorized take allowed under an LOA.

- (a) To incidentally take sea otters pursuant to the regulations in this subpart, the USCG must apply for and obtain an LOA in accordance with §§ [18.27(f)](/cfr/50/18.27.md?p=f) and [18.145](/cfr/50/18.145.md). The applicant is a U.S. citizen as defined in [§ 18.27(c)](/cfr/50/18.27.md?p=c).
- (b) An LOA allows for the nonlethal, incidental, but not intentional take by harassment of sea otters during activities specified in [§ 18.142](/cfr/50/18.142.md) within the Gulf of Alaska ITR region described in [§ 18.143](/cfr/50/18.143.md).
- (c) Each LOA will set forth:
  - (1) Permissible methods of incidental take;
  - (2) Means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact (i.e., mitigation) on the species, its habitat, and the availability of the species for subsistence uses; and
  - (3) **Requirements for monitoring and reporting.**
- (d) Issuance of the LOA(s) must be based on a determination that the level of take will be consistent with the findings made for the total allowable take under the regulations in this subpart.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 88 FR 24127, Apr. 19, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 7262, Feb. 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.